The Wing is the Thing

[Maverick]

G"day Gang,

Italeri have re-released the X/YB-35 which I'm sure will be some good news for many out there in Whif-land.

http://www.modellversium.de/kit/artikel.php?id=3786

Regards,

Mav

[puddingwrestler]

Huzzah! Another way to blow my money!

[sotoolslinger]

Not to crow too much but I paid 15 bucks for my original at Supercon

[Jeffry Fontaine]

Not to crow too much but I paid 15 bucks for my original at Supercon

Do I detect a drive by GLOATING ?  

Actually, the price you paid for your AMT-Ertl copy of the XB-35 was most excellent.  I suspect the Italeri kit will be selling for about the same price as the recent B-52 kit that has been released under the Italeri brand name. 

[sotoolslinger]

Sorry  :rolleyes:I couldn't resist It doesn't do me any good to own it as it is way too big to bring on the road with me and I have no idea when I'll be back home long enough to actually work on it

[Joe C-P]

When you're thinking of buying this, remember it is a big model. I have one, not yet built, and I'm not going to have a place to put it on a shelf, so I'm going to raise the gear and hang it from the ceiling.

[elmayerle]

I can only hope they bring back the YB-49 kit, too.  I want to get one and mod it to the airliner configuration, or possibly a freighter derivative of that airliner.

[sotoolslinger]

Well at least I will have lots of time to decide how to whiff it

[sequoiaranger]

N9M on top of a B-35/YB-49?

[Nick]

I saw this in Modelzone yesterday for £32.99
I'm sure I've seen the original release at shows for £15 and I know I sold my XB-49 for £12 

Best bit is that the box is much smaller for the stash. It's not the great long box of yesteryear but now a deep thick box based on the size of the central fuselage and wing segments.

[Mossie]

Sorry  :rolleyes:I couldn't resist It doesn't do me any good to own it as it is way too big to bring on the road with me and I have no idea when I'll be back home long enough to actually work on it

A suggestion would be to make a couple of rods to fit the outer wing panels to the main model.  You can get the type of brass rod & tube that fits into each other easily from hobby shops.  To make the fit tighter, you could add a pair of Magnets too.  Just remove the outer panels for the road, pop them back on when your at the show.

[kitnut617]

When you're thinking of buying this, remember it is a big model. I have one, not yet built, and I'm not going to have a place to put it on a shelf, so I'm going to raise the gear and hang it from the ceiling.

Yup! it is quite big, packing a completed one for house moving presents it's own problems, the base plywood sheet here is about 32" square:

[sotoolslinger]

Coooool pic  Please lets see more pics of both of those big bad boys

[kitnut617]

Thanks,. but unfortunately they're still packed away and in storage.  I haven't seen them in almost 20 months now. 

[sotoolslinger]

I feel horror and disgust..... at myself  I have been building models for 30 + years  The ones I still have have been posted on this site already